Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Art Deco wares are splendid in Spalding
12 November 2018Our picture below from a past event shows that Art Deco is quite often a speciality at Polly and Peter Trapmore-Shaw’s antiques and collectors fairs held in the Lincolnshire town of Spalding.
How Holt fair holds the attention
12 November 2018Decoratives dealer Marcus Potts is the enthusiastic organiser of the well-regarded biannual Antiques at the Holt Fair which runs at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston.
Little Vintage Lover Fairs back in Norwich this month
05 November 2018Little Vintage Lover Fairs, aka Zoe Durrant, runs events at venues across Norfolk including the privately owned village of Heydon, near Norwich.
Big London Flea: from big screen to the big sell
05 November 2018The monthly Big London Flea is located on the ground floor of a former cinema and describes itself as “London’s largest indoor market in the busy heart of Dalston”.
Two fairs coming up in Scotland and Oxfordshire
05 November 2018News of two fairs happening this month in Ayr and Benson.
Warm welcome at Lucy Haywood's West Sussex brocantes
05 November 2018Lucy Haywood organises country brocantes at assorted venues in West Sussex.
B2B fair in Edinburgh all booked up
05 November 2018“We are full up at our antiques and vintage fair in Edinburgh later this month with 250 tables booked,” said Helen Yourston, director of B2B Events.
IACF report Bingley Hall bonus
05 November 2018IACF’s antiques and collectors’ fair held in the Bingley Hall at the Staffordshire Showground in October fielded around 140 stalls, according to the organiser.
Details announced for the Chelsea brocante revived by Matthew Adams
05 November 2018As we announced in April, fair organiser Matthew Adams of Adams Antique Fairs is relaunching an event at Chelsea Town Hall this month which he last held in 2005.
Poignant teddy bear taken to the front features in First World War exhibition at fair
29 October 2018One of the highlights of the upcoming International Antique Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy Fair: 200 Years of Childhood at Kensington Town Hall will be an exhibition of toys to commemorate the centenary on November 11 of the end of the First World War.
Sandown Park event develops a taste for the continental
29 October 2018The toy fair at Sandown Park in November is usually “the busiest one of the four we hold there each year”, says Barry Potter, founder in 1979 of BP Fairs, which first launched at this racecourse venue 31 years ago.
Fleamarket leaps onto south London street
29 October 2018Launched in 2016, the fleamarket which runs every weekend at Flat Iron Square around seven railway arches on London’s Bankside in Southwark Street, SE1, has now extended into adjacent Union Street.
Tooting calls lovers of vintage and retro
29 October 2018So Last Century Vintage and Retro Fairs, aka dealers Alison Davis and Alan Old, run their popular south London events in Catford, at two locations in Beckenham and in Tooting.
Stand rates reduced as Swallow’s Lincolnshire show becomes four one-day events in 2019
22 October 2018Arthur Swallow Fairs has announced a significant change in the format of its antiques and home fairs held at the Lincolnshire Showground.
Two become one: Fair organisers react as Arthur Swallow Fairs shift to single-day events
22 October 2018Schedule change for Lincolnshire Showground marks a shift in strategy but other organisers are more cautious.
Romsey fair faces delay
22 October 2018Grandma’s Attic Fairs has had to postpone its fair at the Potters Heron Hotel in Romsey, Hampshire, due to take place on Sunday, October 28.
Fairs report full houses amid strong dealer demand
22 October 2018“The only downside to the fair is that we are having to turn dealers away.”
Why plastic can also be fantastic when it comes to toys
15 October 2018Plastic has gained a bad name when it comes to the environment – clogging up oceans for a start.
Buyers sniff out perfume bottles
15 October 2018Vivienne Knight and Vanessa Turner are two specialist dealers in perfume bottles who will be setting out their vibrant stalls at the two-day International Perfume Bottle Association’s UK convention.
Wexford fair in tune with opera festival event
15 October 2018Since the first Festival of Music and the Arts took place in 1951, the annual Wexford Festival Opera in the south-east Irish town has specialised in neglected works and has become one of the world’s leading opera festivals.